Lyndon Johnson actually said...

It reminds us that every citizen in this land is the descendant of men who were once foreigners--who were once strangers from afar.

Proclaiming Columbus Day is much more to me than just another ceremonial function.

So in its short life, this Immigration Act of 1965 has brought happiness to many homes, has reunited many families that have been kept apart...

Today we think of Christopher Columbus--a son of Italy--as the first immigrant: the first in that long procession of strangers who, over the...